Celebs Who Attend Weddings for Money

Hollywood celebs are known to bring out their glittery spandex and exercise their vocal chords, not just for the desi bigwigs like Kylie Minogue and Shakira have done in the past, but also for their well-known friends or international hotshots. The latest performance was by Florence And The Machine for Anne Hathaway’s hush-hush wedding. While we know in India the actress charge anything between ‘20 to 40 lakh to perform at a wedding, while the Khans charge in crores, how much do their Hollywood counterparts get for their side gigs?

Katy Perry

Recently, Katy Perry performed for $1.9 million for a 45-minute set at her former neighbour Holly Valance’s wedding to British property millionaire Nick Candy in Los Angeles. That’s almost a crore. Compare that to Priyanka Chopra estimated 30-40 lakh fee at Eros International CEO Kishore Lulla’s daughter’s wedding. Valance’s entire wedding is said to have cost 4.2 million and even featured Simon Cowell and Elton John

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue was apparently paid $520,000 (2.8 crore) to perform for 30 minutes at Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter Vanisha’s 78 million dollar wedding that also featured Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji and took place at the Palace of Versailles in France.

Shakira

This 'Hips Don’t Lie' hitmaker performed at the wedding of London-based NRI industrialist Pramod Agarwal’s daughter Vinita’s Venetian wedding. The whole wedding estimatedly cost $28.50 million. In the same year, Akon performed at the wedding reception of Mumbai socialites Kajal Fabiani and Gaurav Assomull.

Christina Auguilera

Another Hollywood diva who performed at a wedding was Christina Aguilera, who was reportedly paid a whopping $3.6 million (2 crore) to sing three numbers at the wedding of Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko and Miss Yugoslavia Aleksandra Kokotovic in 2005. Whitney Houston was also roped in to perform for the same amount.

Jennifer Lopez

JLo performed at the wedding of the son of Uzbek oil tycoon Azam Aslamov for one million dollars. The perks included a hotel stay of $4,100-a-night-penthouse suit in the nearby hotel Ville Elena for her and her entourage. Her performance, a medley of her hits, was leaked online soon after.

Rihanna

Rihanna performed for £250,000 (2 crore) at F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter’s engagement bash after he flew her to Paris. Black Eyed Peas performed for 750,000 pounds (6.5 crore) and Eric Clapton for £240,000 at the wedding bash, that is estimated to have cost £1.3 million.

Elton John

Sir Elton John is probably the most favourite international wedding performer, judging by the amount of times he’s performed at them. He sang and played the piano at American radio show host Rush Limbaugh’s fourth wedding in 2010 for $1 million. Besides Rush and Holly, Sir Elton also performed at former Disney head, Jeffery Katzenburg’s, daughter’s wedding as well as at a Canadian wedding in return for a donation to John’s AIDS foundation.

Just for friends

Hugh Jackman sang at Nicole Kidman’s wedding, while Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston roped in Melissa Etheridge to perform at theirs in 2000. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong played at Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding in May 2012 as a “wedding gift”.

Shah Rukh Khan

When Hollywood stars charge a hefty fee for attending a wedding, how can their Bollywood counterparts be far behind? Shah Rukh Khan apparently charges Rs 2 crore to attend a wedding. He was seen shaking a leg at the wedding of Mallika Reddy, grand daughter of GVK Group's GV Krishna Reddy.

Malaika Arora Khan

Malaika is a popular choice when it comes to performances at weddings. The item queen who did ‘Munni’ used to charge Rs 5 to 6 lakhs per performance. But post the success of Dabanng, it has gone up to Rs 12 to 14 lakhs.